Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb base] they [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is envisaged that an analysis of such information will enable the identification of those financial , entrepreneurial , technical and regional factors which are most associated with the growth and performance of subcontracting small firms and which distinguish them from other more ‘ typical ’ small firms . |
| 2 | The nationalist movements and the new nations which made their appearance after the Second World War thus displayed features which distinguish them in some ways from the earlier movements which led to the formation of nation states in Western Europe , because they arose in a very different international context — in a highly developed capitalist world economy , in the aftermath of a division of the world among powerful imperialist nations , and in the midst of political transformations resulting from the growth of the socialist movement . |
| 3 | Campbell suggests that there are extra pressures on girls which push them towards certain types of crime . |
| 4 | Some people develop very strong appetites for recognition and are attracted to jobs which provide them with endless ‘ jellybeans ’ ; for example , the reward systems of the armed services , higher education and the professions offer substantial opportunities to be recognized and praised for one 's performance . |
| 5 | As is usual among deviations , most men and a good many women have some fetish object or objects which provide them with sexual stimulation and can increase the enjoyment of sexual activity . |
| 6 | Using interviews with parents , and attendance figures from schools , the study documents how parents make difficult decisions which confront them in these circumstances , in particular whether or not to consult a doctor , and whether or not to keep the child off school . |
| 7 | European shareholders have ‘ pre-emption rights ’ which entitle them to first call on secondary offerings ; and underwriting is common practice for new issues , too . |
| 8 | The curriculum for most young people who have left school involves academic or vocational courses which prepare them for specific adult roles . |
| 9 | The eggs of other shrimps , by contrast , are not waterproof , but possess thick spongy coverings which protect them from bright sunlight and abrasion . |
| 10 | They are very much a two-career couple and , although the work overlaps from time to time , they have two very distinct careers , which take them in different directions . |
| 11 | Firms are assumed to have unbounded capacity for working out strategies and payoffs , and for working through the abstract chains of reasoning which lead them to non-co-operative equilibrium strategies . |
| 12 | Although [ 8 ] - [ 11 ] are broadly referentially equivalent , in the sense that they " tell the same story " , there are subtle differences which invest them with different stylistic values . |
| 13 | You look at these two and ask : ‘ What have they in common , apart from their jobs ? ’ |